Official recall record
Alinity M System
- Issuing authority
- Health Canada — Medical Devices
- Published
- 2024-04-08
- Country of alert
- Canada
- Alert level
- Type II
- Alert type
- recall
What the authority reported
Abbott has identified an issue concerning the use of certain third-party universal transport medium (UTM) tubes on the Alinity M System. This issue has been observed with Copan® UTM-RT 3 mL without beads transport & preservation medium for viral molecular diagnostics testing, part number (PN) 3C047N. However, it is possible that other third party manufactured tubes could experience the same issue. Recall Start Date: March 22, 2024
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
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Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.
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